A journey of collectors. Will you help me find the title cards for your favorite directors?
A collage of screenshots for every filmography.Name a director and I will help you, or
I name one and you help me. One for All and all for One!

White Heat • The Tatami Galaxy • Kaiba • The House is Black • Pursued "It seems to me, the time has come to walk the right way, on the wrong path and there is only one way we won't get lost...-Let's forget each other but let's not forget..." - N.Nikolaidis

White Heat • The Tatami Galaxy • Kaiba • The House is Black • Pursued "It seems to me, the time has come to walk the right way, on the wrong path and there is only one way we won't get lost...-Let's forget each other but let's not forget..." - N.Nikolaidis

...and whoever guesses all the directors featured in the banner gets a cookie.

White Heat • The Tatami Galaxy • Kaiba • The House is Black • Pursued "It seems to me, the time has come to walk the right way, on the wrong path and there is only one way we won't get lost...-Let's forget each other but let's not forget..." - N.Nikolaidis

Some directors are of course more interesting than others, to do. For example, Godard would be great and very difficult, when W.Allen would be pointless doing since he uses the same title card in most (all?) of his films.

White Heat • The Tatami Galaxy • Kaiba • The House is Black • Pursued "It seems to me, the time has come to walk the right way, on the wrong path and there is only one way we won't get lost...-Let's forget each other but let's not forget..." - N.Nikolaidis

White Heat • The Tatami Galaxy • Kaiba • The House is Black • Pursued "It seems to me, the time has come to walk the right way, on the wrong path and there is only one way we won't get lost...-Let's forget each other but let's not forget..." - N.Nikolaidis

Scribbles wrote:And now I'm doubly depressed that my old computer went and melted my collection.

We could use that. Don't worry though, I have a 2000+ film collection and others here too, I'm sure.

White Heat • The Tatami Galaxy • Kaiba • The House is Black • Pursued "It seems to me, the time has come to walk the right way, on the wrong path and there is only one way we won't get lost...-Let's forget each other but let's not forget..." - N.Nikolaidis

Brightside wrote:I have a smattering of films on my computer. Multiple films by a few different directors. Not sure how much help I'll be, but let me know what I can do.

You may hold missing pieces to filmographies without even knowing it!

White Heat • The Tatami Galaxy • Kaiba • The House is Black • Pursued "It seems to me, the time has come to walk the right way, on the wrong path and there is only one way we won't get lost...-Let's forget each other but let's not forget..." - N.Nikolaidis

Make a collage, or a gif? I think a collage would be less confusing. A fancy banner like you only can!
Edit: or send me a pm with the images and I'll do it tomorrow!

White Heat • The Tatami Galaxy • Kaiba • The House is Black • Pursued "It seems to me, the time has come to walk the right way, on the wrong path and there is only one way we won't get lost...-Let's forget each other but let's not forget..." - N.Nikolaidis

Trevor wrote:What's to be done in the case of inconsistent aspect ratios over the course of a director's work?

Good question. In that banner gif I had all shorts of aspect ratios and I simply cropped the bigger images so that they looked good in a minimum 400x270 pixels. You can do the same or make a collage of shots one next to the other.

White Heat • The Tatami Galaxy • Kaiba • The House is Black • Pursued "It seems to me, the time has come to walk the right way, on the wrong path and there is only one way we won't get lost...-Let's forget each other but let's not forget..." - N.Nikolaidis

And I've just resolved to start a Sirk-a-thon on the heels of enjoying All That Heaven Allows so very much, so I'm going to grab as much as I can off Surrealz and KG and then get to GIF-ing. And then of course to watching.

Oh! Did I say directors? I meant film names....:p I bet you could find those too eh?

White Heat • The Tatami Galaxy • Kaiba • The House is Black • Pursued "It seems to me, the time has come to walk the right way, on the wrong path and there is only one way we won't get lost...-Let's forget each other but let's not forget..." - N.Nikolaidis

Scribbles wrote:And I've just resolved to start a Sirk-a-thon on the heels of enjoying All That Heaven Allows so very much, so I'm going to grab as much as I can off Surrealz and KG and then get to GIF-ing. And then of course to watching.

The Tarnished Angels and There's Always Tomorrow. And Written on the Wind if you haven't seen it.

Trevor wrote:
If he correctly guesses the Woody Allen movie give him a thousand cookies.

Haha

White Heat • The Tatami Galaxy • Kaiba • The House is Black • Pursued "It seems to me, the time has come to walk the right way, on the wrong path and there is only one way we won't get lost...-Let's forget each other but let's not forget..." - N.Nikolaidis

I'll do Orson Welles of course, in case you were wondering...but I'm missing lady from shanghai which I've lent to a girl, immortal story, ambersons and the stranger..If anyone can help with those title card screeshots it would be appreciated!

White Heat • The Tatami Galaxy • Kaiba • The House is Black • Pursued "It seems to me, the time has come to walk the right way, on the wrong path and there is only one way we won't get lost...-Let's forget each other but let's not forget..." - N.Nikolaidis

White Heat • The Tatami Galaxy • Kaiba • The House is Black • Pursued "It seems to me, the time has come to walk the right way, on the wrong path and there is only one way we won't get lost...-Let's forget each other but let's not forget..." - N.Nikolaidis

Scribbles wrote:I cheated but my blood sugar is quite low and I need a cookie.

And I've just resolved to start a Sirk-a-thon on the heels of enjoying All That Heaven Allows so very much, so I'm going to grab as much as I can off Surrealz and KG and then get to GIF-ing. And then of course to watching.

Nice nice, my film studies class is doing a whole semester on Sirk. I endorse Bright's picks and Imitation of Life (probably his best). All I Desire and Magnificent Obsession make for gloriously overblown melodrama. I enjoyed his German films too (Schlußakkord and Zu neuen Ufern) but hopefully you can find prints of decent quality.

Cool thread too, but I'm not sure what director I should tackle (yet).

I own the Sirk boxset plus Shockproof downloaded. That's 9 movies in total, out of 27 available(?). Anyone can add on those?

White Heat • The Tatami Galaxy • Kaiba • The House is Black • Pursued "It seems to me, the time has come to walk the right way, on the wrong path and there is only one way we won't get lost...-Let's forget each other but let's not forget..." - N.Nikolaidis

I'll love you more if you can send me a screenshot with the director title card!

White Heat • The Tatami Galaxy • Kaiba • The House is Black • Pursued "It seems to me, the time has come to walk the right way, on the wrong path and there is only one way we won't get lost...-Let's forget each other but let's not forget..." - N.Nikolaidis

I have the Douglas Sirk entry almost ready but I'll post it tomorrow probably. I have Has Anyone Seen my gal, All I desire, Magnificent Obsession, All that heaven Allows , Written on the Wind, The Tarnished Angels, Imitation of Life, Shockproof, There's Always Tomorrow, and A Time to Love and a Time to Die.
If you can help with any other Sirk that you own, just pm me a screenshot within the next few hours.

White Heat • The Tatami Galaxy • Kaiba • The House is Black • Pursued "It seems to me, the time has come to walk the right way, on the wrong path and there is only one way we won't get lost...-Let's forget each other but let's not forget..." - N.Nikolaidis

These happy endings all express the weak and sly promise that the world is
not rotten and out of joint but meaningful and ultimately in excellent condition.

White Heat • The Tatami Galaxy • Kaiba • The House is Black • Pursued "It seems to me, the time has come to walk the right way, on the wrong path and there is only one way we won't get lost...-Let's forget each other but let's not forget..." - N.Nikolaidis

White Heat • The Tatami Galaxy • Kaiba • The House is Black • Pursued "It seems to me, the time has come to walk the right way, on the wrong path and there is only one way we won't get lost...-Let's forget each other but let's not forget..." - N.Nikolaidis

Trip wrote:Written on the Wind has to be the staircase one, yeah? Otherwise that's Magnificent Obsession.

Yes, open door, leaves on the floor, staircase.
Obsession is the pink-ish one.

White Heat • The Tatami Galaxy • Kaiba • The House is Black • Pursued "It seems to me, the time has come to walk the right way, on the wrong path and there is only one way we won't get lost...-Let's forget each other but let's not forget..." - N.Nikolaidis

I think it's an interesting concept. You can get a general idea of a director's style just by looking at those title cards.
If I was a director I'd pick the prettiest images to be the background of my name. I wonder if they spend time thinking how their name should appear.

White Heat • The Tatami Galaxy • Kaiba • The House is Black • Pursued "It seems to me, the time has come to walk the right way, on the wrong path and there is only one way we won't get lost...-Let's forget each other but let's not forget..." - N.Nikolaidis

Orpheline wrote:Very cool. I doubt I can contribute much, but if something I own comes up, I'll see what I can do.

Good!
Any particular director you'd like to see?

White Heat • The Tatami Galaxy • Kaiba • The House is Black • Pursued "It seems to me, the time has come to walk the right way, on the wrong path and there is only one way we won't get lost...-Let's forget each other but let's not forget..." - N.Nikolaidis